(03-18-2015 06:46 AM)TrojanCampaign Wrote: (03-17-2015 10:39 PM)Kittonhead Wrote: (03-17-2015 10:31 PM)TrojanCampaign Wrote: Kittonhead man, what in the blazes are you paying for? Anything above $39.99 for DSL is a rip off.
I get Comcast 100 meg internet, cable, and the media channels for 79.99 a month.
Are you counting your cable modem rental and fees in the 79.99?
My $92 is internet, cable modem, phone service and fees.
Oh, I thought you were saying your internet alone was $92.
And I don't rent equipment from cable companies.
On the phone with Comcast right now...this is what they are offering me:
Comcast Triple Play
$130 Preferred TP (Phone, Cable and 25Mbps internet)
$10 Internet Modem
$5 Estimated Fees and Surcharges
$145 Total
Now I can upgrade to "HD preferred" and get a free HD box rental for $150 plus 10 dollar internet modem (50 Mbps) and surcharges. HD preferred includes HBO and a few other movie channels. So for $165 that is my first package access point to HBO.
My bill was $108 last month for phone/interenet/modem/charges from Comcast. If I wanted HBO Go & Sling TV on top of that it would be $143.....and my current cell phone bill is $92. So I would have to pay $235 between both for streaming HBO. Going for TP with HBO plus a smartphone is $257 ($165 for Comcast, $92 from Sprint)
New
$70 8GB Data (Sprint)
$20 Mobile Broadband Device (Sprint)
$15 Home Phone (Sprint)
$15 HBO Go
$20 Sling TV
$40 Smartphone Service (Sprint)
$15 Smartphone Device (Sprint)
$11 Smartphone Insurance (Sprint)
$206 Total
For a better price point I can get a cordless package from my service provider. I lose unlimited data but I don't use that much data to begin with.
I could really do better of course if I could go straight data only.
New-Data Only
$80 12GB Data (Sprint)
$20 Mobile Broadband Device (Sprint)
$15 Home Phone (Sprint)
$15 HBO Go
$20 Sling TV
$10 Tablet (Sprint)
$10 Tablet Insurance (Sprint)
$160 Total
That is a difference in $75 a month ($160 vs. $235) or $900 dollars a year. That is pretty significant cost savings. Even if I could save $25 a month its significant.
The only problem is they don't offer 6" data only devices at the store yet. The smallest is 7" inch and that is usually more like 8" or 9" once the borders are factored in. Not small enough for every day pocket travel.